Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s effort to reshape the Middle East aligns neatly with US President Donald J. Trump’s notion of big power geopolitics.
In 2023, Mr. Netanyahu outlined elements of his vision in an address to the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister held up a map that erased Palestine and showed the Golan Heights, captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, as part of Israel.
Mr. Trump’s plan to resettle Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians elsewhere and turn the war-ravaged Strip into a high-end beachfront real estate development has allowed Mr. Netanyahu to officially embrace the notion of ethnic cleansing for the first time, even though ultranationalist members of his Cabinet have long propagated expelling Palestinians from the territory.
US and Israeli officials said concern that Hamas may repurpose some 30,000 unexploded ordnances was one reason why Mr. Trump proposed resettlement.
Even so, Mr. Trump’s plan fits a pattern, following his recognition in his first term as president of Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
Since then, Mr. Netanyahu’s big power vision of the Middle East has evolved substantially as a result of the toppling in December of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a Turkish-backed group with jihadist antecedents.

Netanyahu’s reshaped Middle East aligns neatly with Trump’s new world order

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Casa Árabe is hosting a round table discussion on Syria with the participation of Rim Turkmani, a senior researcher at the London School of Economics, Azzam Al Kassir, an expert on security and political Islam, and Dima Moussa, a member of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. 

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria has been dealing with a complex political transition process marked by internal power struggles, the reconstruction of a war-torn state and the influence of multiple international role-players. The lack of centralized leadership has led to a struggle between opposition factions, Islamist groups and local militias, making the country’s stability more difficult. At the geopolitical level, powers such as Russia, Iran, Turkey and the United States have been seeking to secure their interests in the region, either by supporting armed groups or by intervening directly in the reconstruction process. At the same time, the Israeli offensive devastating Gaza has also affected southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights, a strategic Syrian territory under occupation since 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981. In the meantime, the civilian population continues to suffer the consequences of years of conflict and economic sanctions, enduring a humanitarian crisis that requires a coordinated international efforts to ensure both security and access to basic services, all against a backdrop containing millions of internally displaced persons and refugees attempting to return to a country devastated by years of war. In addition to the state actors involved, there are Kurdish factions, Islamist groups and local resistance organizations playing key roles in shaping the new regime, which has turned Syria into a highly volatile geopolitical chessboard with a yet uncertain future.

The round table discussion will include participation by Rim Turkmani, a principal researcher at the London School of Economics (Legitimacy and Civility in the Arab World), Azzam Al Kassir, an expert on security and political Islam, and Dima Moussa, a member of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. This dialogue has been facilitated by the Arab Association for Constitutional Law (AACL) as part of the seminar which it is organizing in Madrid with the LSE. The event will be introduced by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator.

Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/eventos-arabes/show/syria-after-al-assad-where-is-it-headed-transition-and-post-war-challenges

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Syria after Al Assad: where is it headed? Transition and post-war challenges

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by CNN Military Analyst, Col. Cedric Leighton (USAF Ret.).
The pair analyzes U.S.-Ukraine relations following Trump-Vance's disastrous White House meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.
Col. Leighton also outlines the threats to Poland, and the rest of Europe, now that Putin has been emboldened by Trump's favoritism of Russia over Ukraine.
They also talk about the latest fighting in Syria since the Assad regime was recently toppled.

Then, Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), discusses the Trump administration's expected Executive Order to close the Department of Education, whether that move would be legal, and the disastrous fallout that would occur if it were to happen.
She also details what actions that she'd recommend to concerned Teachers, parents and citizens in the face of these threats from the Trump administration.

Col. Cedric Leighton is the Founder and President of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership consultancy serving global companies and organizations. He founded the company in 2010, after serving in the US Air Force for 27 years as an Intelligence Officer and attaining the rank of Colonel. His website is www.CedricLeighton.com and his handle on BlueSky is @CedricLeighton. bsky.social.

Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.8 million-member AFT, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators. The AFT is dedicated to the belief that every person in America deserves the freedom to thrive, fueled by opportunity, justice and a voice in our democracy.
Their website is www.AFT.org and their handle on BlueSky is @aftunion.bsky.social.  Randi's handle is @rweingarten.bsky.social.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.'
He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His handle on BlueSky is @bradbannon.bsky.social.

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Syria expert Malik al-Abdeh joins Arab Digest editor William Law to discuss the latest developments in Syria as the country's new leadership struggles with internal sectarian rivalries and pressures from outside players in the neighbourhood including Israel and Türkiye. They explore too the role of Putin and Trump and what will happen as Washington pursues an isolationist approach to foreign relations.

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Syria in a dangerous time

الحرية... كلمة بسيطة، بس شو معناها الحقيقي؟ بهالحلقة من بودكاست #مالو_اسم, منغوص برحلة استكشاف لمفهوم الحرية، من حوار داخلي مع الذات، لرواية "موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال" للطيب صالح يلي بتكشفلنا صراع الهوية والحرية.

منتساءل: هل الحرية مجرد وهم، ولا هي حق أساسي؟ منستكشف كيف الإعلام بيأثر على حريتنا، وكيف "مدرسة فرانكفورت" انتقدت الإعلام كأداة للسيطرة. ومنشوف كيف "الفضاء العام" عند يورغن هابرماس بيعطينا أمل بمساحة للحوار الحر، حتى بظل التضليل الإعلامي، متل ما عم نشوف بسوريا.

ومننتقل بعدها لعالم التكنولوجيا، لنفهم كيف "التحيز الخوارزمي" بيتحكم بخياراتنا، متل ما وضحت تاينا بوخر بكتابها إيف, ذين. ومنتعمق ب"الحق في النسيان" وصراعو مع الذاكرة الرقمية الدائمة، وبنستحضر أفكار سلافوي جيجك عن "الحرية الوهمية" بالعصر الرقمي. بهالحلقة, رح نستكشف التناقض بين الحرية الفردية والسيطرة، سواء من الإعلام أو التكنولوجيا.

ورح نفكر سوا: شو هي حدود حريتنا؟ وكيف فينا نحافظ عليها بعالم متسارع ومتغير؟ وشو التمن اللي مستعدين ندفعو لنكون أحرار؟

انضمولي برحلة "الحرية", وشاركوا الحلقة مع اللي بيحبوا هالمواضيع. وخليكن معنا ب#بودكاست_مالو_اسم لنستكشف سوا أسئلة وأفكار بتشغلنا كلنا. ولا تنسوا تكتبوا بالتعليقات: شو تعريفكن الشخصي للحرية؟ وشو أكبر تحدي بيواجه حريتكن اليوم؟

Host, Script, Research, Editing, Audio Production, Cover Art: Nour

Segment Intros: Janty (Chicho)

كلمات مفتاحية: الحرية، الطيب صالح، موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال، الإعلام، مدرسة فرانكفورت، النظرية النقدية، نظرية التأطير، يورغن هابرماس، الفضاء العام، التكنولوجيا، التحيز الخوارزمي، تاينا بوخر، الحق في النسيان، سلافوي جيجك، بودكاست، الهوية، السيطرة، الرقابة، الخصوصية، سوريا، التضليل الإعلامي

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Bucher, T. (2018). If then: Algorithmic power and politics. Oxford University Press.
European Union. (2016). Right to Erasure ('Right to Be Forgotten'). General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/
Habermas, J. (1989). The structural transformation of the public sphere: An inquiry into a category of bourgeois society. MIT Press.
Horkheimer, M., Adorno, T. W. (2002). Dialectic of enlightenment: Philosophical fragments. Stanford University Press.
Salih, T. (1969). Season of migration to the north. Heinemann Educational Books.

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Catholic business leaders and innovators are leaving their mark on the world of entrepreneurship. We talk to Register Senior Editor Jonathan Liedl and Register contributor James Day. And, as the country of Syria labors to establish order and peace in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime, Christians and religious minorities have been caught in the upheaval. We are joined by EWTN News Contributor Alberto Fernandez with analysis.

Register Radio - 2025-03-15 - Catholic Entrepreneurship

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تخيّل حكاية تجمع الأدب والإعلام والتكنولوجيا، محاكة بخيوط السرد والفلسفة. بودكاست مالو اسم هو رحلة أسبوعية قصيرة، تنقلك بين قصة وفكرة ونغمة. مو مهم الاسم، المهم إنك تكون جزء من القصة

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